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Message: [QUOTE="MCC, post: 1357976, member: 145"] I went to UCONN for my M.S. back in the mid 90s. I was a good basketball player (a top level intramural player both at SU undergrad and UCONN grad) but a much better general athlete (leaper, fast). Some of us did on occasion play against the UCONN women, but it was unusual for a structured scrimmage v. the full squad to take place. While the women were skilled in most instances... the strength, speed and "explosiveness" advantages we men had were huge. To be honest - and not to denigrate the women - but it felt like playing against a men's JV high school squad. The other thing is that even if you play against JV men there's always a couple of standout athletes who can easily dunk or are super fast, etc. You do not see those explosive outliers (relative to male athletes) at all in the women's game. [/QUOTE]